South East
Independent schools in West Sussex
332 schools, 128,090 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.3.
Ofsted across West Sussex
Good153
Outstanding15
Requires improvement14
Inadequate2
No overall grade148
184 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 148 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in West Sussex
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardingly CollegeOther independent school | Haywards Heath | No grade | — |
| Atelier21 Future SchoolOther independent school | Crawley | No grade | — |
| Brambletye SchoolOther independent school | East Grinstead | No grade | — |
| Brighton College Prep HandcrossOther independent school | Haywards Heath | No grade | — |
| Burgess Hill GirlsOther independent school | Burgess Hill | No grade | — |
| Christ's HospitalOther independent school | Horsham | No grade | — |
| Cottesmore SchoolOther independent school | Crawley | No grade | — |
| Dorset House SchoolOther independent school | Pulborough | No grade | — |
| Educate UOther independent school | Worthing | No grade | — |
| Farlington SchoolOther independent school | Horsham | No grade | — |
| Great Ballard SchoolOther independent school | Chichester | No grade | — |
| Great Walstead SchoolOther independent school | Haywards Heath | No grade | — |
| Highfield and Brookham SchoolOther independent school | West Sussex | No grade | — |
| Hurstpierpoint CollegeOther independent school | Hassocks | No grade | — |
| Lancing CollegeOther independent school | Lancing | No grade | — |
| Lancing College Preparatory School at WorthingOther independent school | Worthing | No grade | — |
| Oakwood SchoolOther independent school | Chichester | No grade | — |
| Our Lady of Sion SchoolOther independent school | West Sussex | No grade | — |
| Pennthorpe SchoolOther independent school | Horsham | No grade | — |
| Rikkyo School-in-EnglandOther independent school | Rudgwick | No grade | — |
| Seaford CollegeOther independent school | West Sussex | No grade | — |
| Shoreham CollegeOther independent school | West Sussex | No grade | — |
| Slindon CollegeOther independent school | Arundel | No grade | — |
| Sompting Abbotts SchoolOther independent school | Lancing | No grade | — |
| The Prebendal SchoolOther independent school | Chichester | No grade | — |
| Westbourne House SchoolOther independent school | Chichester | No grade | — |
| Windlesham House SchoolOther independent school | Pulborough | No grade | — |
| Worth SchoolOther independent school | Crawley | No grade | — |